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         There is no escape from My Heavenly Hound! For all that the Father has given Me are Mine since the beginning, from the foundation of the world. I have marked them, I have branded them, and there is no escape. My children of the children of David are fastened to Me with strong cords, strong ties that cannot be broken. I am married even to the backslider.
         How I love these, even in their turning away, for these are My chosen, My called-out ones. As I have a special place in My heart for those who stay faithful, loyal and true, My good children who are submissive to My will, so do I hold a tender spot in My heart for those whose pinions are broken. For they are the children of My beloved, who have been brought up in My nurture and My admonition, and in My Words through David.
         These are they whom I have wept over and poured into. These are they who have received My heritage, and yet they see not its value at this moment. These are they whose eyes have been clouded; who do not strive to walk on with the eyes of faith, but who have become weak and weary and go off seeking a new thing. These are they who have sought after frolicking and fun in the tents of wickedness, who go awhoring after other gods. These are they who wallow in the mire and in swine pits. And yet I love them, for they are My Own.
         Fear not for them, but pray. For they are tied to Me with strong cords that cannot be broken. Know that as you uphold them in desperate prayer, sooner or later, according to My plan, each will be awakened. For My cords are stronger than the muck and the mire that seeks to pull them down. As you pray, you break the chains that would hold them down. As you call out to Me with strong prayers and intercession for these, My cords will continue to grow stronger.
         Therefore you must not be weary in prayer, but only believe. Believe and intercede, for these, your children, for these, your brothers and sisters. For these are they that are buffeted about by the winds of confusion. Satan seeks them, that he may sift them as wheat. Therefore pray and pray and continue to pray.
         Let not your hearts be discouraged, but turn every thought of them away from thoughts of discouragement, away from thoughts of mourning over a child, or a friend who has been lost. Rather turn these thoughts into earnest, fervent prayers that will reclaim the hearts and the minds of these, My children. Know that they feel your prayers in the secret places, in the terror by night that they pass through, in the early morning hours, and in the middle of the struggles of their days. They feel your prayers, and your prayers will accomplish My purpose.
         As you pray, I cause these children to think back, to recall their days of Heaven in the peaceful haven of the tents of David. They recall and they reflect as did the prodigal, and they wonder and ponder, and long for the days of restful peace once again. But they are weary and worn, and they do not see how they can return to the place of peace. Therefore you must uphold them in prayer.



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